The music video for the song Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim depicts an older man played by Christopher Walken who at first is slightly nodding off in the corner of an empty hotel lobby. As soon as the music begins Walken begins coming to life. I think that the video to go along with Fatboy Slim’s song depicts a man’s day dream as he frolics about the empty although ornate surroundings of the Hotel lobby. He releases all of his inhibitions of being in a public place and being seen and literally soars around the room and enjoying the music that is playing. At one point before he starts flying around the room he jumps on top of a sidetable and kicks these magazines and begins tap dancing. I believe that this is imagery of kicking away the conventions
of fashion, social conventions, and ideas of happiness. He gets rid of them and his inhibitions and just has fun. He again and again looks into the camera almost beckoning the audience to also cast away these inhibitions and join him in dancing. I think another strong point of imagery is when he is sashaying in front of a corridor full of mirrors and totally ignoring his own image, although you can see the camera for a moment towards the end of the shot, although this hotel in which he is dancing is gorgeous the audience could not focus on anything other than Walken. As he dives off of the balcony to begin his aerial acrobatics the audience is rewarded with seeing the character at its full freedom he literally bounces off of the walls in the ecstasy of flight and freedom. He finally swoops down and ends his performance with a large smile and straightening of his tie as he walks back to the chair in which he began the ballet as he sits down with a most gratifying sigh of relief. While watching this music video I attached my own narrative that the man is either waiting to fly home and see his family, or is going on and waiting on a date. The audience is treated with the man’s emotions released as he soars, dances, and does flips, around the hotel. After letting out this overflow of emotions he resumes waiting on whatever it is he is waiting for with a sigh of relief of being able to release some of the energy in which he was feeling.
...t of people around you. The images are really helped clarify what the singer really wants to talk about. Without the images in the video some many things could have been interpreted from the song itself. Before I watched the video I just thought the author was talking about war, and specially the wars America was fighting at the time of the song’s release. The music in combination with the instrumentals and video create a piece of art that enlightens the soul.
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 is a documentary film, directed by Goran Hugo Olsson with footage compiled by multiple Swedish filmmakers and journalists. The film provides an alternate and compelling view of America during the Black Power Movement—from 1967-1975. All the footage is from 1967-1975 and features iconic black figures, such as Stokely Carmichael, Angela Davis, Huey P. Newton, Eldridge Cleaver and other activists, artists, and leaders pivotal to the movement. Commentary is provided by black figures from the past and present. The film documents a plethora of issues associated with the Black Power Movement including the anti-Vietnam war efforts, the Black Panther Party, and the War or Drugs—and features the aforementioned black
Ten minutes after lining up, I went inside the nightclub. From the door, I could hear the song and the beat of the bass so loud that my heart could feel it. Inside the nightclub, I saw people were dancing everywhere, on dancing floor, on their own seats, everywhere. They would dance and take a big gulp of their beer. Even the bartenders were dancing too, following the rhythm of the loud funky music. The rainbow rays of light moved through the club to make the mood even more exciting and funky.
I can not lie. I was absolutley blown away after I watch the clips of the Mills Brothers. I would have to say for that time period they defitanely was way to advance for there time period. The way the made music with there mouth had me at awe. I had to look at each videos several times because it sounded like real trumpets and harmonicas. The artist that came to my mind was Biz Markie. Growing up i would try to emulate biz Markie. What was special about Biz Markie is that he a lisp. The song i choose to discuss is his song “Vapors” from his hit album in 1988. It was a sample from James brown “Papa don’t take no mess” and it included Biz Markie Beat boxing instrumentals.
Founded in New York City,1984,by Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin, Def Jam Records is now one of hip hop’s most influential record labels. Famous for dragging a once underground genre into the mainstream.Def Jam Record’s first release under the label was Jazzy Jay and T La Rock's "It's Yours." This was the initial fuel that launched the label to fame in 1984. Singles produced by Def Jam such as ‘I Need a Beat’ by LL Cool J in 1985 closely followed by ‘Rock Hard’ by the Beastie boys allowed Def Jam to gain a distribution deal with CBS records which boosted the popularity of the record label dramatically.
The relevance of the song was portraying that using drugs and alcohol will help you escape life situations. Regardless of how hard or tough it is. All you need to do is to get drunk or get high, than your problems will flush away. But the video don’t explain the reality of the outcome of how drugs and alcohol will or could affect your lifestyle and how it could lead you to lose your job, family and life. All it shows is the fun side of being intoxicated. Which, it raises a big flag on kids or teens that do have access to the media like the
American Beauty/American Psycho was an album that was sung by the band Fall Out Boy in 2015. Fall Out Boy is an alternative/indie rock band with a little hint of pop in some of their songs. This album, which is the band’s most recent album, is full of a lot of good songs and songs that maybe some people wouldn’t like. Fall Out Boy is a face-paced band, which means their songs are faced-paced. A lot of their songs could be a little hard to understand for people who don’t listen to this kind of music. The album does not have many of these types of songs, which is why it is a favorite among Fall Out Boy fans.
The Wiz is a musical/movie released in 1978 that was an adaptation of the popular film “Wizard of Oz”. It included several very popular stars of the time, which were Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Nipsey Russell. The movie set place in New York City where the main character, Dorothy, suddenly is swept by a tornado in the middle of a snowstorm. She later then found herself lost in a city she had no clue about and curious as to how she could return home. After meeting 3 other characters during her journey that share similarities, they all embarked on a trip to OZ to fix each of their problems. Throughout the movie characters apply their own soundtrack through singing songs in harmony that compliment the mood of each scene.
His analysis of the video and song seem more akin to a movie critic’s review of the next Quentin Tarantino film. He comments, “the video...is daring, provocative, traumatizing, cynical,... and to many, a work of genius.” This jarring examination seems relatively out of place for a song in the number one spot on the radio. One could attribute this simply to shock value, but Molanphy sees (or hears) something more when he acknowledges, “When you focus on [the] music, you gradually adjust to what initially makes it so jarring, particularly the lurch from the the sweet, acoustic Afrobeat intro to the droning, brooding chorus.” Incidentally, the song is much more than Gambino’s “cri de coeur” as Molanphy puts it, as it stands alone as a legitimate piece of hip-hop music. Paired with the video, the dark commentary does not seem so out of place when you recognize the history of rap music and its influences. He recognizes this best when he uses ethos to increase his
Being locked up isn’t a fun or easy situation. But for Kodak Black, he really exfoliates his time being institutionalized. Being locked away for criminal activity, Black serves his sentence in Florida. Writing this rap, producing this rap, and preforming this rap must bring some great emotions to Black. As I listen, I can hear his feelings in his voice and this is very powerful. Emotions racing out of him, big feelings, soft tones, beats and vocals add to this powerful song. When you hear of Black you think; project baby, hard life, gang related, and self-made. The song I decided to write about is called “Institution”, and was written by Black while locked up. This song demonstrates how prison can affect a person, not only their life around
Some of my earliest memories of listening to Michael Jackson include his number 1 hit 'Beat It'. I can remember that when I was younger, Michael Jackson’s 'Beat It' was one of his first songs that I ever listened to. Between the driving rock guitar, the soaring vocals, and the overall story that the song delivers, the song has easily become one of my favorite Michael Jackson tracks to this day.
The song that I choose to do this assignment on is Fight the Power by Public Enemy. Fight the Power was written in 1989 and quickly became a street anthem for millions of youths. It reflects with issues dealing with both the Civil Rights Movement and to remind everyone that they too have Constitutional Rights. This particular song is about empowerment but also fighting the abuse of power that is given to the law enforcement agencies. It gave citizens of the U.S a more modern outlook on the many struggles that not only the African American community is up against but the other minority groups as well. The song’s message was eventually supposed to bring people together and make the world a better place, even though some teens saw it as a way
In the late 1970s the state of hip-hop emerged as an elevating expression of the inner-city youth. Marginalized voices became vocalized and a new kind of poetry became infectious. Since its arrival Rap has gone through many phases, it has given MC’s the opportunity to speak on various issues like; change, peace, violence, poverty, drugs, money, and women. This essay interrogates female representations in music videos and questions why rappers degrade women.
With Kanye West being so unpredictable, so outspoken, so emotional and meaningful you can understand why directors choose his music and him as the main character in the music video. Making the video so “Kanye
In these prevalent videos, the male singer is usually surrounded by many attractive women, or vice versa. A rapper by the name of Problem released the following lyrics: “Hell yea I got all these girls...” (Problem). These lyrics along with the corresponding music video present the artist as a “womanizer”; he seems to effortlessly always have girls around his arm. Viewers of this music video may expect to have multiple girls/guys encompassing them constantly, or else they may feel disappointment. Not only do these music videos show being surrounded by the opposite gender, but they also flaunt money, expensive cars, etc. Wu-Tang Clan, a hip hop group, published a song with lyrics that state, “Rollin in MPV's, every week we made forty G's,” (Wu-Tang Clan). Admittedly, these lyrics show Wu-Tang Clan’s boastful attitude about their own lifestyle. Young viewers of this music video perceive these materialistic items and believe that in order to be successful, they must attain these things first. These music videos lead teenagers down the wrong path by displaying materialistic objects, as well as artists who negatively present